Intensive collection of implant teeth is an important blow to the "sky high price of implant teeth"
2022-01-13
The executive meeting of the State Council held on January 10 decided to carry out the centralized procurement of drugs and high-value medical consumables in a normalized and institutionalized manner, so as to further reduce the medical burden of patients. The meeting pointed out that it is necessary to gradually expand the coverage of centralized collection of high-value medical consumables, and carry out centralized collection of orthopaedic consumables, drug balloons and dental implants concerned by the masses at the national and provincial levels respectively. This is the first time that a centralized collection of implant teeth has been proposed at the national level. "Planting a tooth is equivalent to a BMW", which was once the image description of "planting a tooth is expensive" by the chief physician of the Department of Stomatology of a well-known hospital. Many patients also have personal experience of "planting teeth". Although it has attracted attention for a long time, no effective measures have been taken. Since last year, good news has been coming continuously. Ningbo medical insurance bureau plans to use the medical insurance account over the years to pay for dental implant projects, and individual provinces carry out historical purchase data reporting of oral medical consumables. The greater action is that the national level proposed to carry out centralized collection of implant teeth for the first time. The above executive meeting of the State Council requires that high-value medical consumables, including dental implants, be collected at the national and provincial levels respectively. This means that implant teeth will be "double-line centralized mining", and the national centralized mining will give full play to the national strength to exchange the price of implant teeth for the number of patients in the country, so the bargaining power is naturally great. The provincial centralized mining, which is carried out according to local conditions, also has the effect of reducing the burden of seed teeth. The data show that since the state organized centralized drug procurement, the average price of drugs purchased has been reduced by 54%. By the end of last year, the accumulated cost savings were about 260 billion yuan. When this experience is used for the centralized purchase of high-value medical consumables, it also plays a strong bargaining role, such as the reduction of coronary stent by 93% and the reduction of artificial joint by 82%. As we have accumulated a lot of experience in intensive mining in the early stage, we believe that intensive mining of dental implants will also greatly reduce the price of dental implants. The main cost of dental implant consists of implant, crown, abutment, diagnosis and treatment operation cost and restoration cost. The cost of one implant is about 7000-22000 yuan. Reports show that implants account for 40% of the total cost of dental implants, of which implants account for 3000-12000 yuan. This is the general implant price. The above stomatological experts revealed that "the most expensive dental implant is 80000 yuan per piece". It is worth paying attention to how much water can be cut off by intensive mining. Intensive dental implant collection will be an important blow to the "sky high price of dental implant", and it is the most anticipated measure to reduce the cost of dental implant for patients. This is because it not only directly reduces the cost of dental implant consumables - some people estimate that the decline is about 70%. Some experts also believe that once the national centralized mining of dental implant is implemented, it will promote the localized production of imported consumables, so as to reduce the production cost. The sharp price reduction of dental implants in public hospitals will force private hospitals to reduce prices. Once the centralized collection of dental implants is implemented, "planting a tooth is equivalent to a BMW" and "planting a tooth is equivalent to buying a suite in the county" are expected to become history. Even if dental implants are not included in the payment scope of national medical insurance temporarily, it can significantly reduce the burden of patients. If Ningbo and other places pay for dental implant projects with medical insurance accounts over the years, it can further reduce the economic burden of patients. "Good teeth and good appetite" is good for patients' physical and mental health. Of course, national and provincial centralized mining can only reduce the cost of dental implant consumables. Can the operation cost and repair cost also be reduced? Due to the long cycle of dental seeding, patients need to see doctors for many times, resulting in high cost of comprehensive treatment. Therefore, in addition to centralized mining, efforts should be made to reduce the comprehensive cost of dental seeding. In addition, there are still many chaos in the implant market, such as no implant qualification, no professional operating room, no standardized process, arbitrary charges, etc., which increase the cost of patients. We should take the centralized collection of implant teeth as an opportunity to carry out a thorough special action to deal with the market chaos of "sky high seed teeth" and "black dental clinic", so that patients can have more sense of gain. Whether it is the national level or the provincial level, we should not only ensure the efficient supply of dental implant consumables, but also strengthen the supervision of the quality of dental implant consumables. (outlook new era)
Edit：Yuanqi Tang Responsible editor：Xiao Yu
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